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noun
Any heat- and acid-tolerant bacterium or archaeon, typically of the phylum Crenarchaeota
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwher-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English thermoacidophile From thermo- + acid + -o- + -phile.
